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The Official Homepage for Bluebird Hill Farm
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Yes, we actually grow things here, as this picture from June
2000 shows, but that was back when we were getting some rain! You
can see the yellow apples in the larger tree by the house if you look
carefully. Here in Texas we always have corn that is knee high by
the 4th of July and probably ready to eat! I believe this was
Seneca Horizon, a 65 day to maturity hybrid corn.
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One of our largest (that is a quarter I'm holding!)
attractions has been the blackberries we grow. These are
Shawnee's from the University of Arkansas, but in the high humidity we
have here in East Texas we get a lot of rosette (witches broom/double
blossom). At one time we had 1 1/2 acres of Shawnee and Brazos
berries, but most succumbed to rosette. We are now concentrating
on Arapaho and Humble on a 1/4 acre due to their greater disease
resistance. We have always frozen these berries for jam making in
the cooler months. We normally make 20-30 cases of jams and
jellies a year from fruit grown here on the farm.
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Who
says you can't grow apples in Texas? These Dorsett Golden apples
did well this year, but were a little flat tasting due to all of the
early rain we had this year. I don't know that I would actually
recommend a large planting of apples in East Texas, but a few yellow
apples would be nice. Because of the high night time heat, the
red apples don't develope good color and the yellows can be purchased
that will make on the Southern tip of Florida!
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You can also visit
our pictures of the General Store at
 Click the link above to see our Stefani Water filter page. E-mail us at bbhfarm@bbhfarm.com
or
contact us at: Bluebird Hill Farm 6693 SH 315 E Long Branch, Texas 75669 This
page updated
last on January 10, 2005
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